Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce is suing UnitedHealth, alleging that the conglomerate abandoned its contract to administer a Chamber-backed health plan for its members. UnitedHealth then used inside information to trick employers into thinking the Chamber plan was being terminated, said the suit, which was filed on Sept. 1 in federal court in Columbus. And […]
About 6% of Ohio school districts need support to meet state standards, according to the new state report cards the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce released Tuesday. The department uses 1 to 5 star ratings in half increments based on six categories: achievement (25% weight toward overall rating), progress (25%), early literacy (12.5%), gap […]
Before it turned reliably red, Ohio was considered a bellwether for national politics. In every presidential election since 1964, the candidate who won Ohio, went on to win the White House. “As Ohio goes, so goes the nation,” was the old saying. We were the quintessential battleground state until we weren’t. That streak ended in […]
Pass the word folks. The Ohio legislature is in recess. Whew. That’s got to be good news. Maybe this entity hell-bent on wrecking public education can use the recess time for some needed reflection amid the havoc they’ve wreaked on Ohio schools. While some researchers believe the observation that “No man’s life, liberty, or property […]
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
We speak with moral philosopher Susan Neiman, author of the new book Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era. Neiman argues that evil — far from being an outdated religious concept — is a vital way to understand how injustice works in the world. The Trump administration’s abusive policies have been aided by a general […]
Amid growing concerns over food safety in the United States, President Donald Trump last month authorized the duty-free importation of 660 million pounds of cheap beef trimmings that will get mixed in with other cuts to make ground beef. Imported beef and pork were once labeled with their country of origin, but Congress voted in […]
U.S. Declines to Join Saudi Attacks on Yemen After Secretly Meeting With Houthis, Trump on Iran: “Hopefully We Are Towards the End of the War”, Fed Raises Interest Rates for First Time Since 2023 as Iran War Drives Inflation, Oil Prices Dip Slightly From 4-Month Highs as Saudi Arabia Offers Additional Oil Shipments, Palestinian-American Journalist […]
Four years ago today, the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising erupted in Iran after the death in custody of Zhina Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who had been arrested by Iran’s “morality police.” Over the next three months, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets protesting against Iran’s discriminatory compulsory veiling laws. Amnesty […]
A major new report by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem titled “The Elimination Project” accuses Israel of “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West Bank.” “For too long, Israel’s policies in the West Bank have been treated or looked at as isolated events,” says Ori Givati, director of […]
Congressional Democrats have opened an investigation after ProPublica revealed on Monday that a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin bankrolled part of Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding in May. ProPublica reports that Umar Kremlev paid hundreds of thousands of dollars on wedding expenses, including the rental of a private island. Just weeks before the wedding, […]
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